Screening

How to review screening hits, update statuses and add notes
TABLE OF CONTENTS Video walkthrough What do the screening categories mean? If a person is sanctioned, is any company linked to them sanctioned too? ...
Mon, 27 Jul, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Understanding Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) & PEP classification
TABLE OF CONTENTS Summary Coverage & availability Defining a Politically Exposed Person How does this look in First AML?  How do PEP classes work?...
Thu, 23 Jul, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Understanding Adverse media definitions & categories
TABLE OF CONTENTS How do you define Adverse Media? FATF-Aligned Adverse Media Taxonomy What languages are available for Adverse Media articles Do you c...
Thu, 16 Jul, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Understanding data sources & update cadence
TABLE OF CONTENTS Summary Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) How often are sanctions updated? How often are watchlists updated? How often is adverse m...
Mon, 20 Jul, 2026 at 2:54 PM
How to review ongoing monitoring
TABLE OF CONTENTS Summary Before you start How to navigate to the Ongoing Monitoring page Video walkthrough How to review matches and record decisio...
Fri, 17 Jul, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Understanding fuzzy matching
TABLE OF CONTENTS How Fuzziness Works (Typo Matching) What the Fuzziness Percentage (%) Controls 0% Fuzziness vs Exact Match Key Takeaways What is Fu...
Tue, 21 Oct, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Screening FAQs
TABLE OF CONTENTS Why are there hits where the date of birth and countries do not match my search terms? For example: Getting a high number of false pos...
Mon, 20 Jul, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Screening: Criminal activity
TABLE OF CONTENTS Advanced Risk Screening Tool Turning on Advanced Risk Screening First AML does not run criminal record checks. Criminal activity i...
Fri, 10 Jul, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Screening: How to review screening matches
TABLE OF CONTENTS Reviewing: match hits Hit Details  Recordkeeping: Match Statuses Individual & Entity Match Statuses, Definitions and Best Practic...
Fri, 10 Jul, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The AI screening agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview Before you start What the agent does with each hit What you'll see on the screening report Accepting the agent's de...
Wed, 15 Jul, 2026 at 11:48 AM